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Was the forecast right for Orlando on Sat Sep 5?

Orlando, Florida · daily high temperature in °C · forecasts from each model's archived runs, verified against the ORL observations

14 days out, 4 models put Orlando's Sat Sep 5 high anywhere from 32° to 37°; by the final call the field had settled to a median of 34°. The day verified at 34° against the ORL observations — thunderstorms.

AIGFS landed closest, off by 0.1°. GFS ran 3° hot.

14 days out the models said 32–37; it hit 34. AIGFS led (off 0.1°C); GFS ran 3°C hot.
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What every model said, at every lead

Daily-high calls for Sat Sep 5 as each model's runs approached it — the last archived run per day. NBM and The Spread's own blend are consensus products and stay out of these ranges and rankings; the Orlando scoreboard shows them, labelled.

Lead AIFSAIGFSECMWFGEMGFSICONUKMO Range
15d · 2026-08-21 30° 39° 30–39°
14d · 2026-08-22 33° 32° 33° 37° 32–37°
13d · 2026-08-23 33° 34° 30° 34° 30–34°
12d · 2026-08-24 32° 34° 27° 39° 27–39°
11d · 2026-08-25 32° 29° 27° 37° 27–37°
10d · 2026-08-26 32° 34° 32° 40° 32–40°
9d · 2026-08-27 33° 35° 32° 31° 40° 31–40°
8d · 2026-08-28 31° 34° 31° 30° 39° 30–39°
7d · 2026-08-29 31° 33° 30° 33° 31° 30–33°
6d · 2026-08-30 32° 33° 32° 32° 38° 30° 33° 30–38°
5d · 2026-08-31 32° 34° 32° 33° 36° 33° 32° 32–36°
4d · 2026-09-01 32° 34° 32° 33° 35° 34° 34° 32–35°
3d · 2026-09-02 32° 34° 32° 34° 36° 34° 34° 32–36°
2d · 2026-09-03 32° 34° 32° 33° 34° 33° 34° 32–34°
1d · 2026-09-04 33° 34° 32° 29° 36° 33° 33° 29–36°
0d · 2026-09-05 34° 34° 32° 33° 36° 34° 34° 32–36°
actual 34°

Read it honestly

This is one date, not a league table. A model can win a day it deserved to lose; rankings only mean something over a window. For that, see which model has been most accurate in Orlando — or every city The Spread scores.

Forecasts are what each model's archived runs said at the time, captured at The Spread's sweep times — never reconstructed after the fact. Truth is the ORL observations. Archive depth varies by city; receipts exist only for dates the archive watched arrive.